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What are the advantages of using bacteria which contain human insulin genes to produce insulin?
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∙ 15y ago
it is most desirable to produce hInsulin by rDNA technology as you dont want to extract insulin from cadavers that could be infected or use insulin extracted from pig as it be rejected in your body. even more you can design the inslin chain to be the way you want it to be.... like you can surpass the proinsulin stage and make the active insulin chain.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoHuman cloning is using scientific efforts to create a human being within a lab. Advantages to human cloning are as follows:
1. Stem cells can be used to treat many difference types of diseases. This is one of the most well-known means of cloning. The first type of stem cell is an embryonic stem cell - these are cells that are derived from embryos, meaning they can be used to treat diseases right away. At this early stage of life, embryos are what we call pluripotent - they are "unspecialized", having the ability to become any type of cell in the body. Embryonic stem cells can be grown to produce, repair, or replace organs and/or tissues. They can be used to help with the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brain cells, spinal cord, and skin. Doctors and scientists believe that being able to use stem cells could possibly cure such diseases as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and Arthritis.
As the clone gets older, it's stem cells are still readily available, except that they are multi-potent. This means that they have grown to be specialized cells and are restricted to specific cell types. They can still be used for treatment, but they have limitations whereas embryonic stem cells don't.
2. With heart attacks currently being the leading cause of natural death in the United States, researchers are studying both sick and healthy hearts and believe that they have come up with possible treatments for heart disease. They believe that they can replace damaged heart cells with a clone's healthy heart cells to treat sick patients. Although there are other ways to prevent or prolong heart disease, more than half of patients with congestive heart failure die within five years of their first diagnosis. Cloning could add years onto these patient's lives, even potentially ridding them of the disease completely.
3. Infertility can be a very expensive and unrewarding experience. Many men and women put a very large amount of time and money into fertility drugs without a guarantee that the treatment will be successful. Many end up with no kids, or the other end of the situation - having way more than they'd hoped for. Human cloning could make it very possible for these infertile humans to have babies and with a much higher success rate than fertility drugs.
Natural breast implants, defective genes, liver failure, kidney failure, Down's syndrome, Tay Sach's disease, cystic fibrosis, spinal cord injuries, testing for genetic diseases, rejuvenation, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, and cosmetic surgery are all other ways in which human cloning can be used to it's advantage to benefit human lives.
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∙ 15y agoit can be so that people with Diabetes could use the bacterial insulin to lower blood sugar
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∙ 16y ago* limitless amounts can be synthesised at a low cost-however if specific types are needed the cost will increase * can by designed to combat specific problems
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∙ 9y agoThe advantage of being able to clone the gene for human insulin is that human insulin is less likely to provoke an allergic reactions. It is less likely than cow, pig, or horse insulin.
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What type of bacteria is in insulin?
Well, the insulin a diabetic gets does not contain any bacteria. It is sterile. However, the insulin is made by bacteria, usually E. coli. Hope this helps! Some Stuff about the E.Coli Bacteria: • • The Bacteria E.coli used to produce insulin for those with diabetes • It's Inexpensive - compared with 1980 methods(extracting insulin from pigs etc.) • Large quantities of the modified bacteria are killed and insulin is extracted and purified. •The Bacteria E.coli used to produce insulin for those with diabetes
How is bacteria used to make insulin?
Human plasmids introduced into the bacteria stimulate insulin production. A special enzyme is used to cut out the insulin gene from a human cell. It is attached to a bacterial chromosome which is also split open by an enzyme. The gene is then transferred into a bacterial cell. The gene makes the bacterial cell produce insulin.
Which molecule from humans is inserted into bacteria to cause them to produce insulin?
No. When genes from humans are inserted into bacteria, the bacteria acts as factories that produce chemicals of importance to humans, such as insulin.
Many diabetics are now using insulin that was made by certain bacteria The ability of these bacteria to produce insulin was most likely the result of?
Inserting a portion of human DNA into the ring shaped DNA of bacteria
Which statement best describes human insulin that is produced by by genetically engineered bacteria?
Genetically engineered insulin may have fewer side effects than the insulin previously extracted from the pancreases of other animals. This is because genetic engineering inserts human genes such as the gene for insulin production into the DNA of bacteria. As a result, the bacteria that produces human insulin, when used by diabetics, should produce fewer side effects.
What type of bacteria is in insulin?
Well, the insulin a diabetic gets does not contain any bacteria. It is sterile. However, the insulin is made by bacteria, usually E. coli. Hope this helps! Some Stuff about the E.Coli Bacteria: • • The Bacteria E.coli used to produce insulin for those with diabetes • It's Inexpensive - compared with 1980 methods(extracting insulin from pigs etc.) • Large quantities of the modified bacteria are killed and insulin is extracted and purified. •The Bacteria E.coli used to produce insulin for those with diabetes
How are bacteria used to treat people with diabetes?
bacteria itself is not the treatment. we use the bacteria to produce insulin, we do so by inserting the gene into their plasmids and trigger them to produce the insulin. the insulin is extracted and used.
Ability of bacteria to produce insulin was result of?
Genetic engineering of the bacteria.
What kind of organisms produce human insulin?
Bacteria
What kind of organism is to produce human insulin?
*A+*bacteria
Scientists use bacteria to produce?
Insulin-producing bacteria were commercialized in 1982.
Can insulin be made by using transgenic bacteria?
Yes. In fact, currently insulin manufacturers worldwide use transgenic (recombinant) bacteria to produce insulin efficiently.
Why do transgenic bacteria that have the gene for human insulin produce insulin produce in great abundance?
bacteria reproduce quickly. The more transgenic bacteria there are, the more insulin is produced. (I am taking an online Biology course and this question was asked, and this was the answer the online class gave me)
How is bacteria used to make insulin?
Human plasmids introduced into the bacteria stimulate insulin production. A special enzyme is used to cut out the insulin gene from a human cell. It is attached to a bacterial chromosome which is also split open by an enzyme. The gene is then transferred into a bacterial cell. The gene makes the bacterial cell produce insulin.
What kind of organism is used to produce human insulin?
*A+*bacteria
Which molecule from humans is inserted into bacteria to cause them to produce insulin?
No. When genes from humans are inserted into bacteria, the bacteria acts as factories that produce chemicals of importance to humans, such as insulin.
Many diabetics are now using insulin that was made by certain bacteria The ability of these bacteria to produce insulin was most likely the result of?
Inserting a portion of human DNA into the ring shaped DNA of bacteria
